I’d never thought I’d be among the 50% of Americans who were just one crisis away from losing everything.

Join me as a I share my experience about our brush with homelessness, when rare pregnancy complications left me completely disabled for a year and how I persevered with the support of my family and my community.

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I’m Kristen King, and I’ve been a business coach since before business coaching was cool — since the early 2000s after my first solo business hit six figures less than 2 years out of college. Now, I teach coaches, therapists, healers, and other brilliant service-based entrepreneurs like you how to build their own unique fuck-yeah business.

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It’s that thing that happens when, about 17 seconds into your webinar or masterclass, your attendee engagement plummets but your attendee numbers stay the same. They’re there, but they’re obviously not paying attention.

They’re in another window or their screensaver is on; either way, they’re in the virtual room but they’re not really there. You know this is the case because at the end of the event, you have to clear the room of folks who didn’t exit on their own…because they didn’t even notice that it ended.

They were logged in, but they definitely checked out.

This is not okay with me, and it’s probably not okay with you either. After all, it’s a LOT of work to put together an online event, just to get crickets from the audience. But let’s be clear.

I don’t blame the people who are multitasking or walking away from their desks during a webinar or masterclass.

If I have to choose between (a) getting some tasks off my always-overflowing plate or (b) stopping everything so someone who sounds like Ben Stein in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off can read me PowerPoint slides for the next 60 minutes, I know which option I’m going to pick.

But there’s good news: You don’t have to stay in an unfulfilling relationship with virtual events.

Here are seven tips for breaking up with bad webinars and masterclasses.

#1 Please step away from the bullet points.

One of the best indicators that a webinar is about to suck the life out of its audience is an endless parade of bullet points on dense slides.

I’m not the first person to wax poetic about the evils of Death by PowerPoint, nor am I the first person to suggest more attractive, more effective presentation slides. But apparently it needs to be said a few more times because, y’all, bad slides are rampant.

Slides should not contain every word the presenter is going to say, and they’re not there to take the place of handouts.If I can read the whole presentation in the slide file you send me after the event, why should I bother even attending?

The role of webinar slides or other visuals is to reinforce your key points — not to replace them.

#2 Decide that chat is not a four-letter word.

In a live, face-to-face training or presentation setting, the audience members feed off of the energy of those around them, and the speaker feeds off of the energy of the audience. It can be harder to achieve this same effect online, but using chat is a great move in that direction.

People inherently want to connect with their peers. Encourage the use of live chat for questions, comments, and sidebar conversation during your events to keep people engaged in what you want them to see and hear. More on chat in a moment.

#3 Get ready for your close-up.

Take advantage of your webcam so attendees can both see and hear you throughout your webinar, or at least at key points in the presentation. Most newer computers have cameras built in, and you can find them for under $20 with free shipping on Amazon if yours doesn’t. Either way, it’s worth the effort.

It’s a lot easier for attendees to disengage from a mysterious voice. When you’reon screen, particularly when you make good “eye contact” by looking directly at the camera when you speak, your audience feels more connected to you.

#4 Share the mic.

An hour is a long time for one person to talk with enthusiasm without getting any breaks or opportunities to recharge. If you have a co-presenter or assistant for your event, great! They can give you a breather by asking questions, making observations, or highlighting questions and comments from chat.

And speaking of chat, you can also share the mic with your audience by using chat. Ask open-ended questions pause a moment so folks can type their answers into chat, and then read some of the responses. You can also use this opportunity to invite a participant to come off mute and chat with you about their question or comment.

#5 Ask and it shall be answered.

Throughout your webinar or msterclass, ask for real-time input from your audience. Most webinar platforms have multiple options for attendee engagement, but most webinars don’t take advantage of these tools.

• Just as you would do “temperature checks” in a face-to-face event, ask your participants about the pace of the event.
• Ask for a show of hands related to your topic of the moment.
• Ask for agreement or disagreement.
• Conduct relevant polls and discuss the results.

If you show people how to interact with the speaker and then give them tools to do it, they’ll respond.

#6 Give the people what they want.

Presumably you know the topic for your webinar when you start promoting it. But mostly likely the content is still developing when people are registering for your event. Take advantage of the registration process: Ask people during registration what questions they have and what challenges they’re struggling with related to your topic.

Your audience members come to your events with expectations and needs in mind; find out what those are, and use that information to craft your content and your approach. It’s a lot less work for you — no more mind reading! — and a lot more satisfaction for them.

#7 Deliver and direct.

At the end of your webinar or masterclass, your attendee should have gotten exactly what you promised them in your marketing AND should know exactly what their next steps are. Recap your main points, answer any questions, and tell them what happens next:

• What communication will they get from you after this?
• Is there another event or activity to register for?
• Where will they download any resources?
• How can they access the replay?
• How can they get more from you?
• How can they hire you?

When people don’t know what to do, they’ll do nothing for fear of fucking up and embarrassing themselves. Do not leave them hanging. Make it easy for them to do what you want them to by telling them exactly what that is.

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Log-In, Check-Out Syndrome is a serious and contagious condition. But you have the power to stop it by breaking up with bad webinars, and by teaching others how to do the same thing.

After all, friends don’t let friends deliver bad webinars.

What are your favorite strategies for breaking up with bad webinars? What are some of your virtual event pet peeves? Let’s hear ’em in the comments.

A version of this article previously appeared on GovLoop.com.

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Kristen King has been a business coach since before business coaching was cool — starting in the early 2000s after she took her first solo biz to 6-figures less than 2 years out of college. That’s when Kristen started teaching other entrepreneurs across the US and internationally how to build wildly successful businesses on their terms.

Kristen teaches coaches, therapists, healers, and other brilliant service-based entrepreneurs how to build their own fuck-yeah business WITHOUT overcomplicating things, making themselves do stuff they dread, or burning themselves all the way out. In addition to being a multi-certified integrative coach, Kristen is also a certified hypnotist and a certified mental health and wellness facilitator with graduate degrees in business and publishing. She has 15+ years of experience in not just entrepreneurship and coaching, but also marketing, copywriting, digital and content strategy, instructional design, publishing, and more.

Where to listen:

• Apple Podcasts
• PodBean

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• Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP) Israel Emergency Fund – “100% of your donation will go toward supporting victims of terror and addressing the unprecedented levels of trauma caused by these horrific attacks.”
• Magen David Adom (like Israel’s version of the Red Cross) – “Your donation ensures Magen David Adom’s 33,000 paramedics, EMTS, first responders, and first-aid providers — volunteers and staff — have the training, equipment, and medical supplies they need to treat all injured and ill people in Israel.”
• JDC (Joint Distribution Committee) (the leading global Jewish humanitarian organization) – “In the country’s south, our programs providing support to those now under attack — including the elderly, people with disabilities, children and families at risk — are the backbone of our response to this war.”
• IsraAID (Israel’s leading nonprofit humanitarian aid organization) – “We are currently living through Israel’s most devastating crisis in living memory. As an international NGO with extensive experience coordinating large-scale humanitarian response missions around the world, we will do everything we can to meet the urgent and long-term needs of affected communities.”
• SmartAID (click the donate button on the page and choose your region) – “SmartAID are distributing essential relief items, including food, hygiene and dignity kits, socks, toys, blankets, and tablets for children and families in heavily affected areas across Israel.”
• Leket Israel (national food bank) – “help us provide food to those under seige in Israel”
• Spreadsheet of donation and support links (widely circulated, source unknown)

I will strive to make updates as new information becomes available on other reliable organizations. Thank you for standing with Israel.

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Learn something new every day, right?!

Kristen King (that’s me!) is an integrative business coach who loves teaching how to tune out all the fear-based, perfectionist, hustle-culture BS that paralyzes us and how to tune in to a fun, fulfilling, f*ck-yeah business that feels like our own. And to do this without overcomplicating things, doing stuff we dread, or burning ourselves all-the-way out.

Today, we’re talking about our shared love of crying. Yup, crying.

We chat about…

• 3 Different types of tears & their chemical make-up
• The benefits of emotional release for our physical & mental health.
• How to differentiate between compartmentalizing vs. swallowing your feelings
• What’s an “Emotion Appointment” and how to make one
• Modeling for our kids how to be ok with big emotions

If you’ve ever said: “If I let myself start crying, I’ll never stop”– then this episode is for you!

Where to listen:

• Apple Podcasts
• Spotify

Want to have me on YOUR podcast? Get in touch! I’d love to chat with you. <3

Feeling inspired to work together after hearing this episode? Let’s fucking go.

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In this episode:

• The link between personal growth and flourishing relationships with others
• The challenges of perfectionism and anxiety
• The importance of establishing open communication and boundaries in your relationships
• The influence of mental well-being on personal growth and experiences
• The value of prioritizing self-care and finding balance in life

Where to listen:

• Apple Podcasts
• PlayerFM
• Buzzsprout
• iHeart Radio

Want to have me on YOUR podcast? Get in touch! I’d love to chat with you. <3

Feeling inspired to work together after hearing this episode? Let’s fucking go.

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In this episode, Abby Ayoola-Williams, host for How to Survive Society (@howtosurvivesct) interviews Kristen King about methods she uses in her coaching program to help business owners pursue their dreams fearlessly.

Where to listen:

• Apple Podcasts
• Buzzsprout
• iHeart Radio
• Spotify

Want to have me on YOUR podcast? Get in touch! I’d love to chat with you. <3

Feeling inspired to work together after hearing this episode? Let’s fucking go.

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Do not miss these highlights:

• 06:40 There’s a lot of peeling back layers of people pleasing, perfectionism and self protection that we have built up between ourselves and the world around us
• 07:50 We are sometimes comparing ourselves to someone and trying to be like them
• 10:44 How comparison and self-assessments becomes helpful and not
• 12:36 How we have been kicking ourselves
• 16:12 We don’t realize that we’re participating in our own abuse and participating in our own gaslighting
• 17:37 People pleasing is an important life skill, it exists for a reason but you should know how to do it
• 18:57 We push ourselves down with the expectation that other people will reciprocate in some way, but then when it doesn’t work, the pendulum swings to the other side
• 19:35 Outsourcing our satisfaction, our power, our decision making to other people will make us powerless in our own life
• 21:25 Being a good girl is a learned behavior. Not following that arbitrary set of rules, is also a learned behavior.
• 23:43 How to change and give yourself permission to do the things you want to do in life now
• 30:57 We have to be able to do something to make those affirmations happen and we have to be willing to take action to change something inside of us
• 31:10 How journaling can be beneficial

Where to listen:

• Apple Podcasts
• Amazon
• Podchaser

Want to have me on YOUR podcast? Get in touch! I’d love to chat with you. <3

Feeling inspired to work together after hearing this episode? Let’s fucking go.

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Where to listen:

• Apple Podcasts
• Acast
• PlayerFM
• Podbean

Want to have me on YOUR podcast? Get in touch! I’d love to chat with you. <3

Feeling inspired to work together after hearing this episode? Let’s fucking go.

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In this episode we’ll cover:

• Why living authentically is important
• How to “tune out fear-based bullshit”
• How people-pleasing is actually a form of manipulation
• How to stop caring about what other people think

Where to listen:

• Apple Podcasts
• Buzzsprout
• Google Podcasts
• Spotify
• Podcast Index
• Overcast
• Amazon

Want to have me on YOUR podcast? Get in touch! I’d love to chat with you. <3

Feeling inspired to work together after hearing this episode? Let’s fucking go.

Want more from me? Boop this link to get on my email list.

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